Walter Winchell on Broadway and war era notes
Walter Winchell on Broadway mixed with wartime clips. The column mentions Cobb’s autobiography clash and an officer’s role, Elia Kazan’s Hollywood debut, Mussolini’s breakdown, Goebbels’ interview, and Goebbels’s quip about a journalist. Also notes Dick Leahy drafted, his New York debut by line, and urges workers to stand by their jobs for national defense.
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Cobb
Todz
Wien
Karloff
New York
Dick Leahy
Telegram
Toledo
Fort Dix
Donat Excused to Make Zanuck Picture in London
Robert Donat, awaiting his next American film since Goodbye Mr Chips, is released from army duties to star in Pitt the Younger in London for Darryl Zanuck. Lord Castleross authored the story, with Sidney Gilliat shaping the treatment for Donat. There were many obstacles, but Robert Kane helped advance the project.
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Ollywood
INS
Robert Donat
Mr. Chips
Darryl Zanuck
London
Pitt
Lord Castleross
Donat
Sidney Gilliat
Mr Chips
Robert Kane
British Statesman’s Son Leads Night Train Starlet Debut
Veronica Lake is spotlighted for her physical presence in China Pass. The article notes her as a tough American girl stranded in China, drawn by Arthur Hornblow and discovered by Buddy de Sylva. It compares her to Jean Harlow and discusses her rise from stock companies to cinema.
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Veronica Lake
China Pass
Jacques Thery
Buddy de Sylva
Veronica
Arthur Hornblow
China
Jean Harlow
Hollywood gossip and star moves in wartime notes
A column surveys Gracie Fields potential Brighton Rock casting and Ida Lupino's rise, with talks of Warner rights for There Shall Be No Night. Hatter in Hollywood covers Tutta Rolf and Jack Donahue fleeing bombed London, plus Frank Walker's Jackson Day dinner welcome and varied sightings at the Santa Barbara Biltmore.
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Gracie Fields
Great Britain
Lester Cowan
Gracie
Brighton Rock
Graham Greene
Ida Lupino
Lester
Gilbert Miller
Ida
Louis Hayward
Frank Walker
Charlie Chaplin
England
Barbara Hutton
Cary Grant
Santa Barbara
Biltmore
Theaters Showcase Multiple Films Across Iowa Venues
At the theaters Iowa presented a slate featuring James Cagney and Olivia de Havilland in The Straw Berry Blonde with Rita Hayworth, Alan Hale and Jack Carson. Paramount offered Gone With The Wind with Clark Gable Vivien Leigh Olivia de Havilland. Noon, 4 pm, 8 pm showings listed. State offered The Trial of Mary Dugan Blond Inspiration with John Shelton Virginia Grey. Palace showed North West Mounted Police with Gary Cooper Madeleine Carroll Paulette Goddard Preston Foster and She Couldnt Say No with Roger Pryor Eve Arden. Rialto featured John Garfield Anne Shirley in Saturdays Children and The Higgins Family in The Earl of Puddlestone. Strand presented Barricade Florian with Robert Young Helen Gilbert. Marion showed Four Mothers Lane Sisters Jeffrey Lynn and Golden Gloves with Jean Cage ney Richard Danning.
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Iowa
James Cagney
Olivia de Havilland
Rita Haysworth
Alan Hale
Jack Careson
Kay Francois
James Ellison
Paramount
Clark Gable
Vivien Leigh
Leslie Howard
Robert Young
Laraine Day
Mary Dugan
John Shelton
Vireginia Grey
Palace
North “West Mounted Police
Gary Coopser
Madeleine Carroll
Paulette Goddard
Preston Foster
Roger Pryor
Eve Arden
Rialto
John Garfield
Anne Shirley
Higgins
Jeffrey Lynn
Jean Cageney
Richard Danning
Right of way rule blamed for most injuries in 1940 traffic
In 1940 the right of way rule was the leading cause of injuries in American traffic accidents, with about 235 700 persons hurt in incidents attributed to that cause.
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Cub Reporter
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Harry Hansen
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Elinson
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Kremlin
Stalin
Rome
Mussolini
DE Reichman
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ABOR
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Louella Parsons
Blonde Inspiration
Wallace Beery
Lionel Barrymore
Ronald Reagan
John Litel
William Lundigan
Paul Hurst
Warner Bros
Pjames
Olivia
S Cagney - DE Havilland
Strawberry Blonde
Keith Rita Hayworth
Kay Francis
Bad Man Beery
Rio Grande
State Theater
20Th
Carol Reed
William Pitt
Jean
F-Noeleien
Betty Bennett
Christine Forsyth
Bob Easton
Burr Tilstrom Purpeteer
Marion
Lane
Jeffry Lynn
Jean Cagney
Richard Denning
North West Mounted Police
Gary Cooper
Anna Neagle
Virginia Gilmore, Wm. Henry In
Jennie
Rial
Claude Rains
Earl OF Puddlestone
DR. Satan
Oth Lynn Fontanne
Alfred Lunt
California
Warners
Richard Whorf
Tutta
Oslo
Lisbon
America
Donahue
Jimmy Dunn
Panama
Winfield Sheehan
Scandinavia
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Lionel
Red Ruthven
Monty Woolley
Man
Connie Moore
Hymie Fink
Ginger Rogers
Garson Kanin
John Ford
Barbara
Herbert Gunn
20Th Century-Fox
Myrna Loy
Harold Brooks
Douglas Fairbanks
Jules Stein
Christy Walsh
Jonathan Club
Joseph Scott
Connie Mack
Eddie Lowe
Sally Allen
John Barrymore
Gwynn
Red Christie
Universal
Roy Rogers
Blanche King
Thomas Meighan
George Raft
Betty Grable
Mars
Electrolux
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